Definitionn. the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
Last update: June 30, 2015
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They offered prayers in propitiation for their sins. [Please select]
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The aims of the former, prudent, procrastinating and vacillating by nature, never extended probably beyond the propitiation of his Tory followers; and it is difficult to imagine that Bolingbroke could have really advocated the Pretender's recall, whose divine right he repudiated and whose religion and principles he despised. [Please select]
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"I'm sure some other day would be better," he urged, with an open overture to propitiation in his tone.' [Please select]
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"Yes," she answered, and then, as if weighing the proffered propitiation and rejecting it, turned slowly and went into the house. [Please select]
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Moreover, let us offer to the Great Spirit some sacrifice in propitiation; since surely the Great Spirit is offended. [Please select]
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"Naethin' tae speak o' aside you, Kirsty," said Janet, in propitiation; "a'body kens what preevileges ye 've hed."' [Please select]
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No propitiation of a created being could atone for the sins of all other creatures. [Please select]
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He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. [Please select]
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